Port Manatee: Hemphillian, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium floridanum Hay 1922
Domning 1988 1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
cf. Dinohippus sp. Quinn 1955
Hipparion cf. tehonense (Merriam 1916)
recombined as Hipparion gratum tehonense
Neohipparion eurystyle (Cope 1893)
Cormohipparion emsliei Hulbert 1988
    = Hippotherium ? emsliei Hulbert 1988
Alroy 2002
original and current combination Cormohipparion emsliei
Cormohipparion ingenuum (Leidy 1885)
    = Hippotherium ingenuum Leidy 1885
Alroy 2002
recombined as Cormohipparion ingenuum
Cormohipparion plicatile (Leidy 1887)
    = Hippotherium plicatile Leidy 1887
Alroy 2002
recombined as Cormohipparion plicatile
Nannippus morgani Hulbert 1993
Hulbert 1993
N. sp. "3"
Nannippus minor (Sellards 1916)
    = Nannippus aztecus Mooser 1968
Alroy 2002
Pseudhipparion skinneri Webb and Hulbert 1986
Pseudhipparion cf. simpsoni Webb and Hulbert 1986
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Indarctos sp. Pilgrim 1913
Domning 1988
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Manatee
Coordinates: 27.5° North, 82.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.7° North, 80.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Miocene
Key time interval:Hemphillian
Age range of interval:9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bone Valley
Stratigraphy comments: Late Early Hemphillian (Domning, 1988)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Port Manatee Local fauna
Metadata
Database number:18581
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-09-27 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-07-15 17:26:59
Access level:the public Released:1993-09-27 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1951. R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Cormohipparion and Hipparion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Late Neogene of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 33(5):229-338 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
16572 D. P. Domning. 1988. Fossil Sirenia of the West Atlantic and Caribbean region. I. Metaxytherium floridanum Hay, 1922. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(4):395-426 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
1953 R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1993. Late Miocene Nannippus (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) from Florida, with a description of the smallest Hipparionine horse. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3):350-366 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]